PORT ANGELES — Black Ball Ferry Line will cancel the last round-trip sailing of the day of the MV Coho ferry Thursday to replace a turbo assembly on one of the main engines.
This will affect the 5:20 p.m. sailing from Port Angeles and the 7:30 p.m. departure from Victoria.
The Coho, which makes several trips daily across the Strait of Juan de Fuca between Port Angeles and Victoria, will resume regular service Friday, with all scheduled sailings beginning with the 8:15 a.m. departure from Port Angeles.
See www.cohoferry.com for service updates.
Applicants sought
SEQUIM — The City Council is seeking applicants for a vacancy on the city Planning Commission.
The four-year term will expire in January 2017.
The Planning Commission, as an advisory body to the City Council on land use and zoning issues, meets the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 6 p.m.
Applicants must be city residents.
Applications, available at the Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St., should be submitted to the City Clerk’s Office.
The position will remain open until filled.
For more information or to obtain an application, visit Sequim City Hall in the Civic Center, call 360-683-4139 or visit www.sequimwa.gov.
Flight landing practice not set this week
COUPEVILLE — There will be no field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island at the outlying field in Coupeville today through Saturday.
The schedule is subject to change to meet mission requirements.
Comments, including noise complaints, can be directed to station’s comment line at 360-257-6665 or via email at comments.NASWI@navy.mil.
All other questions can be directed to the public affairs office at 360-257-2286.
Garden club meet
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Garden Club will hold its first meeting of the fiscal year with a new slate of officers at First Presbyterian Church, 139 W. Eighth St., from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday.
Nicole Telkes is the featured speaker and author of the book The Medicinal Plants of Texas.
Telkes is the director of the Wildflower School of Botanical Medicine in Austin, Texas, and is a practicing herbalist.
She has a background in botanical studies, plant conservation work, community activism and herbal first aid clinics.
Following Telkes’ talk will be the regular business meeting and educational programs, flower arranging, a “lite bite tea” to accompany a brown bag lunch and an optional craft session on “Making Suet Bird Feeders.”
Regular meetings are held each third Monday from September through June at First Presbyterian Church.
All are welcome.
For more information, phone Bev Dawson at 360-582-0803, email bgdawson@bigplanet.com or visit www.portangelesgardenclub.org.
W.I.S.H. meeting
PORT ANGELES — W.I.S.H. (Women Into Scandianavian Heritage) will meet at 131 W. Fifth St. at 10:30 a.m. Monday for a presentation by Ise Herizog about Scandinavian countries.
This event is open to the public at no charge.
The group gathers monthly to celebrate Scandinavian culture as part of the Sons of Norway, showing films, having discussions and giving presentations relating to Scandinavian heritage.
For more information, phone Barbara Claboe at 360-457-4235 or email cats4@olypen.com.
Suicide support group meets
PORT ANGELES — The Survivors of Suicide Drop-In Bereavement Support Group will have its first drop-in session in the Raymond Carver Room of the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., at 6 p.m. Monday.
Thriving on the Olympic Peninsula is starting this professionally facilitated group.
If there is enough interest, the support group will meet regularly on a drop-in basis.
“My goal is to create a safe place for survivors to share challenges, offer support and simply be with others facing the same challenges without the pressure of the outside world,” Kristin Halberg said.
There is no charge to join.
The drop-in sessions for the Suicide Bereavement Support Group for Teens are held at TAFY (The Answer for Youth) on the corner of Second and Francis streets from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. every Friday.
Sessions are free.
The support groups will be facilitated by Halberg and Alayne Fellows.
Halberg is a wellness coach. She is trained in crisis intervention and suicide prevention and is a licensed HeartMath coach.
Fellows was a grief counselor at The Dougy Center for more than five years in Portland, Ore., and organized and ran a teen support group for eight years.
She worked at the Janis Youth home shelters to assist street youths to transition from street living.
She volunteers her time at TAFY.
For more information on the support groups or Thriving on the Olympic Peninsula’s other projects, go to www.thrivingontheolympicpeninsula.com or phone Halberg at 425-343-2374 or Fellows at 503-804-9422.
Senior nutrition
PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Senior Nutrition Site dinners will be served at 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday at the Port Angeles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh St.
A suggested donation is $5 for those who are 60 or older.
People younger than 60 can attend for $8.
Reservations should be made 24 hours in advance to 360-457-8921.
Menus are subject to change.
■ Tuesday: Broccoli slaw, vegetable egg roll, roll beef and veggie stir fry, steamed rice and pineapple.
■ Wednesday: Apple sauce, stuffed pork chops, roasted reds, asparagus and banana pudding.
■ Thursday: Spring greens, chicken marinara, veggies, garlic bread and peach crisp.
■ Friday: Green salad, beef stew, sliced oranges, dinner roll and dessert.
Bus evacuations
PORT ANGELES — Brenda Millet, driver and trainer for the Pupil Transportation division of the Port Angeles School District, reported that students in the district recently participated in state emergency evacuation drills.
The state requires the drills, similar to required fire drills, sometime during the first six weeks of school and the first six weeks of the second semester.
“The driver gives the students a speech on the procedure for conducting an emergency exit drill,” Millet said.
“Students hear about how to set the parking brake, how to use the two-way radio to call the Pupil Transportation Center for help [and] the locations on the bus of the first aid kit, fire extinguisher and reflective triangles.”
“The driver also teaches the students that remaining calm is important,” she added, “and that older or larger students should help students out of the bus by offering a helping hand.
“Students are informed to leave their belongings on the bus and to never return to a burning or damaged bus. Their items are replaceable; their lives are not.”
